Disclaimer: I don't own the Power Rangers or the settings where they have
taken place. They are owned by Saban. I don't wish to get sued. Hannah and
Morgan however are mine.
Setting: This story takes place about a year after Kimberly sets off to Florida to train for Pan Globals.
Kimberly comes home 2 days later. I went to the airport to see my best friend who I haven't seen in years. I am very anxious to see how she's doing. She steps out of the terminal and sees me.
"Jason!" She calls out running over to me, hugging me.
"Hey there Kim." I say smiling at her. "How have you been?"
"Great! Even better now that I'm home" Kim tells me.
"That's good to hear." I tell her.
"How's Tommy?" She asks.
I kind of freeze on that question for a split second, and then answer "He's doing well. He is at the youth center teaching. You want to go over?"
"Yeah sure." She says, and we head over, first to her fathers house. No one is home so she drops her stuff, leaves him a note and runs back out to my car.
We get to the youth center, and everyone runs over to her, except Tommy. He hangs back.
"Kimberly!" Trini runs up to her. "How are you!" She calls to her, hugging her tight.
"I'm good what about you?"
"Great! I missed you sooooo much!"
"You too!" Everyone comes over to her, hugging her. Lastly Jason sees Kim look at Tommy, smiling. He gets up goes over to her and gives her a hug and a kiss. "I missed you."
"I know ya did." He says first, and then adds, "I missed you too." Hugging her.
Tommy's POV
I am sitting here, just watching her, watching the guys. She probably knows something's up. I'm just not sure... Oh shit.... Hannah's here. I have to talk to her. I have to talk to her before Hannah sees me!
"Kim, come on, lets go for a walk." I say very quickly.
"Ok." She says following me swiftly out of the Youth Center.
We get to the lake and I sit down.
"Tommy?" She puts her hand on my shoulder, sitting next to me. "What's wrong?"
I want to shout "Everything", but I know better than that. "Kim, I need to tell you something."
"What's that?" She says.
I look at her eye, how am I ever going to tell her this?
"Tommy?" Kimberly asked me. Her brown eyes, piercing mine.
"I...."
"You what?"
"Hannah and I kissed."
"You what???!!!" She says.
"A week ago Hannah and I were walking around, just talking, and we kissed.... twice." I say, looking away from her.
"What do you mean you kissed her?" She says getting angry, and she has every right too. "You have talked to me on the phone with in the week why didn't you tell me this before?"
"Because I wanted to tell you face to face." I say, her face is very flushed. "Kim, I never meant for this to happen."
"But it did." She says. After a few minutes of silence she adds, "Do you like her?"
"I don't know." I tell her.
"Well you kissed her."
"I don't know if I like her or not Kimberly."
"Well you liked her enough to kiss her."
"I don't know why I kissed her. I don't know if it was because I like her, or just because I missed you."
"That's a great reason to cheat on me then! How could you Tommy! And how could you not even tell me!"
"I'm sorry Kimberly!" I truly was. I don't know what else to do. "I just thought you needed to know."
"You say it could be because you missed me! Tommy, you don't see me going around kissing guys because I missed you! I TRUSTED YOU!" She says, starting to cry. I go to put my arm around her, but she pushed me away, wiping her eyes.
"So" She says in a much less harsh of a tone. "Are we through? Are you breaking up with me?"
"I don't know Kimberly..." I t ell her, "I just need to figure some things out."
"Well don't expect me to wait around." she says getting up and running out.
"KIMBERLY!" I say, sitting down and running my fingers through my hair.
I get up and start to go after her, but I hear, "Tom, let her go." It was Jason. I don't know how long he was standing there, but in a way I was glad.
"I didn't mean for this to happen... I really didn't Jason!"
"No one means for these things to happen. They just do." He tells me. "Just let her go and cool off ok?"
"I didn't want to hurt her, but she had to know. What kind of person would I be if I would have just sat there and have done nothing?"
"Let's head back to the Youth Center." Jason says.
I shake my head, "I think I'm just gonna go take a walk. I'll talk to you later." And with that I take off.
Jason's POV
I take my time walking back to the Youth Center, because I know the questions that I will have to start answering.
"How's Tommy?" Kat asks, as soon as I sit down at the table.
"He's upset."
"He should be." Zack says shaking his head.
"Don't be like that Zack." Billy says to him.
"Where are the girls?" I ask.
"There with Kimberly." Billy replies.
"Rocky?"
"He went with them." Adam says.
"Where is Tommy?" Hannah asks.
"He's in the park somewhere."
"I'm going to go talk to him." Katherine says.
"Alright." I reply, and with that she's gone, but Hannah is quick on her heels. We all just kind of shake our heads and sit there for a while.
Back at Kim's house;
"I should have known something was wrong..."
"Kim, how could you have? We didn't even know" Rocky says.
"I should have! I am the one who says that I know him better than anyone! Especially himself!" She says.
"Kim, this isn't your fault. These things just happen!" Aisha says.
"No things just don't happen! Not after 3 years of dating someone! You don't just say you cheated on someone you dated for 3 years, and that you are not sure you even love that person anymore!" She says.
Rocky puts his arm around her, trying to comfort her.
"Its not like I didn't talk to him at all you know?" She starts. "I talked to him around 3 times before I came home! Don't you think he would have told me then?!" She starts getting really worked up.
"Kim... honey, you couldn't have known about this." Trini says.
"Yeah Kim. Relax, take a breath!" Aisha replies.
"I don't get this! I don't know what to do! I don't know what happened!" She starts to break down. She hasn't cried at all yet, and now, she is finally at her breaking point. "I don't want to wait for him to figure this out! I shouldn't have to! I thought we went through this already!" As she rambles, tears start to fall, first angry tears, and then tears of sadness. "It wasn't supposed to happen this way! I didn't go kissing another guy." And after that she puts her head in her hands and starts crying. Rocky pulls her close to him trying to give her some sort of comfort, even though he knows it will not help.
"Shh, Kim. It will be alright!" Rocky tells her. Aisha, Trini and he all exchange worried glances, as they sit there, helpless to do anything.
Tommy's POV
As I sit, staring out over the lake, I hear people coming, and I really don't care.
"Penny for your thoughts?"
I sigh, it was Katherine. "I just need to think Kat."
"Want to talk about it?"
"Not particularly." I tell her.
"You know we are here for you Tommy!" It was Hannah. I didn't want her there, but I wasn't angry at her for coming. is that a bad thing?
"Thanks Hannah, but I think I just need to just think about what I need to do." I hope they understand what I am trying to say because I sure as hell don't.
"That's fine Tommy." Hannah says.
"Did you guys break up?" Kat asks.
"I am not really sure." I reply. "I don't know what I want."
"You have to figure it out Tom." Kat says.
"Yeah Tommy, but take your time. You know your friends will understand!" Hannah says giving me an award winning smile. I look up at her, smile back and then say,
"Thanks Hannah."
"Any time." She says still smiling.
"Have you seen Kim?" He asks.
Kat shakes her head. "She left about an hour ago with Rocky Aisha and Trini."
"Was she crying?" I ask... I always hated when she cried.
"No. Not when I saw her."
"Ok... good." I say. Kat puts her hand on my shoulder.
"Tommy, if you need anything just let me know ok?"
"Yeah Kat, thanks."
"Any time." She and Hannah start to walk away. "OH Tommy, should we expect you back at the youth center any time tonight?"
"I don't know. Maybe." I say.
"Alright. We'll be there till the others get back."
I sigh, "You know what, I'll come now." I say, getting up. Me sitting there staring out into the lake wasn't doing any good.
"Great!" Hannah says. And we all walk back.
Back at Kim's house:
Kimberly is slowly calming down. She wipes her eyes and sits up. "I am so sorry for this!"
"Kim that is the one thing I NEVER want to hear you say to us!" Aisha says.
"Yeah Kim we are here for you, through thick and thin!" Trini says.
"But I don't want you guys to have to deal with this. It isn't your problem"
Rocky cuts her off, "It became our problem when one of our best friends is hurt." He finishes. "But I want you to know that this is NOT your fault Kimberly! There was nothing you could have done to stop this..."
"Yes I could have." She says. " I could have gone with my gut instinct and not have gone to Florida. I could have still stayed on the team, I could have still be with Tommy, and then he would not have felt like he should have hooked up with another girl!"
"How do you know Kimberly?" Aisha says, "How do you know this wouldn't have happened?"
"I just do!" And that was the last thing said that night about their relationship. "It is my fault and you can't change that! I made the wrong decision and you can't change that either, and neither can I!" She shouts. Everyone knows better than to try and talk Kimberly out of her own opinions about her life. She is so set in her ways, that nothing will change her opinion of herself. Yes, she is going to blame herself for this, Rocky, Trini and Aisha know this, and they just have to try and figure out a way to get her to understand that nothing that happened could have been prevented, and that task will be next to impossible until she comes to terms with the situation.
Around an hour later, they all decide to head back to the youth center.
They see the group sitting around. Jason looks up towards the door and sees the others walking in, with Kimberly in tow. He gets up and intercepts her before she gets completely into the door.
Jason's POV
"Hey Kimberly." I tell her. "You ok?"
"I don't know yet Jason. I hate this." She says.
I hug her and say "Listen, Hannah is in there. Are you going to be able to deal with that or do you want to go home with me for a while."
"No, I want to spend time with the others. I haven't even seen Adam or Billy or Zack for more than 2 minutes." She says, "And, I want to see Hannah."
"Alright." I say to her. "But do you really want to see Hannah Kimberly? Can you handle it?"
"I want to see her Jason. I want to see the girl who my boyfriend or ex boyfriend or what ever the hell he is to me anymore, took away."
"Alright." I say. She takes a deep breath and we start in. Right before we walk through the doors, she grabs my hand. I give her a squeeze and we head on in.
There was mumbling by the table, and the only thing I could make out was Zack saying,
"Don't make her feel awkward. Don't act like something just happened." The others nod.
"Hey Kimberly! Welcome back!" Zack says.
"Hey Zack, hey guys." She says with a very fake smile.
Tommy looks up from the mat, where he is teaching Hannah some moves. I see Kimberly watching him and her, I am not looking forward to them meeting, but I know that it has to be done.
To Be Continued......
Setting: This story takes place about a year after Kimberly sets off to Florida to train for Pan Globals.
Kimberly comes home 2 days later. I went to the airport to see my best friend who I haven't seen in years. I am very anxious to see how she's doing. She steps out of the terminal and sees me.
"Jason!" She calls out running over to me, hugging me.
"Hey there Kim." I say smiling at her. "How have you been?"
"Great! Even better now that I'm home" Kim tells me.
"That's good to hear." I tell her.
"How's Tommy?" She asks.
I kind of freeze on that question for a split second, and then answer "He's doing well. He is at the youth center teaching. You want to go over?"
"Yeah sure." She says, and we head over, first to her fathers house. No one is home so she drops her stuff, leaves him a note and runs back out to my car.
We get to the youth center, and everyone runs over to her, except Tommy. He hangs back.
"Kimberly!" Trini runs up to her. "How are you!" She calls to her, hugging her tight.
"I'm good what about you?"
"Great! I missed you sooooo much!"
"You too!" Everyone comes over to her, hugging her. Lastly Jason sees Kim look at Tommy, smiling. He gets up goes over to her and gives her a hug and a kiss. "I missed you."
"I know ya did." He says first, and then adds, "I missed you too." Hugging her.
Tommy's POV
I am sitting here, just watching her, watching the guys. She probably knows something's up. I'm just not sure... Oh shit.... Hannah's here. I have to talk to her. I have to talk to her before Hannah sees me!
"Kim, come on, lets go for a walk." I say very quickly.
"Ok." She says following me swiftly out of the Youth Center.
We get to the lake and I sit down.
"Tommy?" She puts her hand on my shoulder, sitting next to me. "What's wrong?"
I want to shout "Everything", but I know better than that. "Kim, I need to tell you something."
"What's that?" She says.
I look at her eye, how am I ever going to tell her this?
"Tommy?" Kimberly asked me. Her brown eyes, piercing mine.
"I...."
"You what?"
"Hannah and I kissed."
"You what???!!!" She says.
"A week ago Hannah and I were walking around, just talking, and we kissed.... twice." I say, looking away from her.
"What do you mean you kissed her?" She says getting angry, and she has every right too. "You have talked to me on the phone with in the week why didn't you tell me this before?"
"Because I wanted to tell you face to face." I say, her face is very flushed. "Kim, I never meant for this to happen."
"But it did." She says. After a few minutes of silence she adds, "Do you like her?"
"I don't know." I tell her.
"Well you kissed her."
"I don't know if I like her or not Kimberly."
"Well you liked her enough to kiss her."
"I don't know why I kissed her. I don't know if it was because I like her, or just because I missed you."
"That's a great reason to cheat on me then! How could you Tommy! And how could you not even tell me!"
"I'm sorry Kimberly!" I truly was. I don't know what else to do. "I just thought you needed to know."
"You say it could be because you missed me! Tommy, you don't see me going around kissing guys because I missed you! I TRUSTED YOU!" She says, starting to cry. I go to put my arm around her, but she pushed me away, wiping her eyes.
"So" She says in a much less harsh of a tone. "Are we through? Are you breaking up with me?"
"I don't know Kimberly..." I t ell her, "I just need to figure some things out."
"Well don't expect me to wait around." she says getting up and running out.
"KIMBERLY!" I say, sitting down and running my fingers through my hair.
I get up and start to go after her, but I hear, "Tom, let her go." It was Jason. I don't know how long he was standing there, but in a way I was glad.
"I didn't mean for this to happen... I really didn't Jason!"
"No one means for these things to happen. They just do." He tells me. "Just let her go and cool off ok?"
"I didn't want to hurt her, but she had to know. What kind of person would I be if I would have just sat there and have done nothing?"
"Let's head back to the Youth Center." Jason says.
I shake my head, "I think I'm just gonna go take a walk. I'll talk to you later." And with that I take off.
Jason's POV
I take my time walking back to the Youth Center, because I know the questions that I will have to start answering.
"How's Tommy?" Kat asks, as soon as I sit down at the table.
"He's upset."
"He should be." Zack says shaking his head.
"Don't be like that Zack." Billy says to him.
"Where are the girls?" I ask.
"There with Kimberly." Billy replies.
"Rocky?"
"He went with them." Adam says.
"Where is Tommy?" Hannah asks.
"He's in the park somewhere."
"I'm going to go talk to him." Katherine says.
"Alright." I reply, and with that she's gone, but Hannah is quick on her heels. We all just kind of shake our heads and sit there for a while.
Back at Kim's house;
"I should have known something was wrong..."
"Kim, how could you have? We didn't even know" Rocky says.
"I should have! I am the one who says that I know him better than anyone! Especially himself!" She says.
"Kim, this isn't your fault. These things just happen!" Aisha says.
"No things just don't happen! Not after 3 years of dating someone! You don't just say you cheated on someone you dated for 3 years, and that you are not sure you even love that person anymore!" She says.
Rocky puts his arm around her, trying to comfort her.
"Its not like I didn't talk to him at all you know?" She starts. "I talked to him around 3 times before I came home! Don't you think he would have told me then?!" She starts getting really worked up.
"Kim... honey, you couldn't have known about this." Trini says.
"Yeah Kim. Relax, take a breath!" Aisha replies.
"I don't get this! I don't know what to do! I don't know what happened!" She starts to break down. She hasn't cried at all yet, and now, she is finally at her breaking point. "I don't want to wait for him to figure this out! I shouldn't have to! I thought we went through this already!" As she rambles, tears start to fall, first angry tears, and then tears of sadness. "It wasn't supposed to happen this way! I didn't go kissing another guy." And after that she puts her head in her hands and starts crying. Rocky pulls her close to him trying to give her some sort of comfort, even though he knows it will not help.
"Shh, Kim. It will be alright!" Rocky tells her. Aisha, Trini and he all exchange worried glances, as they sit there, helpless to do anything.
Tommy's POV
As I sit, staring out over the lake, I hear people coming, and I really don't care.
"Penny for your thoughts?"
I sigh, it was Katherine. "I just need to think Kat."
"Want to talk about it?"
"Not particularly." I tell her.
"You know we are here for you Tommy!" It was Hannah. I didn't want her there, but I wasn't angry at her for coming. is that a bad thing?
"Thanks Hannah, but I think I just need to just think about what I need to do." I hope they understand what I am trying to say because I sure as hell don't.
"That's fine Tommy." Hannah says.
"Did you guys break up?" Kat asks.
"I am not really sure." I reply. "I don't know what I want."
"You have to figure it out Tom." Kat says.
"Yeah Tommy, but take your time. You know your friends will understand!" Hannah says giving me an award winning smile. I look up at her, smile back and then say,
"Thanks Hannah."
"Any time." She says still smiling.
"Have you seen Kim?" He asks.
Kat shakes her head. "She left about an hour ago with Rocky Aisha and Trini."
"Was she crying?" I ask... I always hated when she cried.
"No. Not when I saw her."
"Ok... good." I say. Kat puts her hand on my shoulder.
"Tommy, if you need anything just let me know ok?"
"Yeah Kat, thanks."
"Any time." She and Hannah start to walk away. "OH Tommy, should we expect you back at the youth center any time tonight?"
"I don't know. Maybe." I say.
"Alright. We'll be there till the others get back."
I sigh, "You know what, I'll come now." I say, getting up. Me sitting there staring out into the lake wasn't doing any good.
"Great!" Hannah says. And we all walk back.
Back at Kim's house:
Kimberly is slowly calming down. She wipes her eyes and sits up. "I am so sorry for this!"
"Kim that is the one thing I NEVER want to hear you say to us!" Aisha says.
"Yeah Kim we are here for you, through thick and thin!" Trini says.
"But I don't want you guys to have to deal with this. It isn't your problem"
Rocky cuts her off, "It became our problem when one of our best friends is hurt." He finishes. "But I want you to know that this is NOT your fault Kimberly! There was nothing you could have done to stop this..."
"Yes I could have." She says. " I could have gone with my gut instinct and not have gone to Florida. I could have still stayed on the team, I could have still be with Tommy, and then he would not have felt like he should have hooked up with another girl!"
"How do you know Kimberly?" Aisha says, "How do you know this wouldn't have happened?"
"I just do!" And that was the last thing said that night about their relationship. "It is my fault and you can't change that! I made the wrong decision and you can't change that either, and neither can I!" She shouts. Everyone knows better than to try and talk Kimberly out of her own opinions about her life. She is so set in her ways, that nothing will change her opinion of herself. Yes, she is going to blame herself for this, Rocky, Trini and Aisha know this, and they just have to try and figure out a way to get her to understand that nothing that happened could have been prevented, and that task will be next to impossible until she comes to terms with the situation.
Around an hour later, they all decide to head back to the youth center.
They see the group sitting around. Jason looks up towards the door and sees the others walking in, with Kimberly in tow. He gets up and intercepts her before she gets completely into the door.
Jason's POV
"Hey Kimberly." I tell her. "You ok?"
"I don't know yet Jason. I hate this." She says.
I hug her and say "Listen, Hannah is in there. Are you going to be able to deal with that or do you want to go home with me for a while."
"No, I want to spend time with the others. I haven't even seen Adam or Billy or Zack for more than 2 minutes." She says, "And, I want to see Hannah."
"Alright." I say to her. "But do you really want to see Hannah Kimberly? Can you handle it?"
"I want to see her Jason. I want to see the girl who my boyfriend or ex boyfriend or what ever the hell he is to me anymore, took away."
"Alright." I say. She takes a deep breath and we start in. Right before we walk through the doors, she grabs my hand. I give her a squeeze and we head on in.
There was mumbling by the table, and the only thing I could make out was Zack saying,
"Don't make her feel awkward. Don't act like something just happened." The others nod.
"Hey Kimberly! Welcome back!" Zack says.
"Hey Zack, hey guys." She says with a very fake smile.
Tommy looks up from the mat, where he is teaching Hannah some moves. I see Kimberly watching him and her, I am not looking forward to them meeting, but I know that it has to be done.
To Be Continued......